Vernor Steffen Vinge is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels A Fire Upon The Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999) and Rainbows End (2006), his Hugo Award-winning novellas Fast Times at Fairmont High (2002) and The Cookie Monster (2004), as well as for his 1993 essay "The Coming Technological Singularity", in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond which we cannot even speculate about the consequences.
Once in a great while a science fiction story is so visionary, yet so close to impending scientific developments that it becomes not only an accurate predictor, but itself the locus for new discoveries and development. True Names by Vernor Vinge, first published in 1981, is such a work. Here is a feast of articles by computer scientists and journalists on the cutting edge of the field, writing about innovations and developments of the Internet, including, among others: Danny Hillis: Founder of thinking machines and the first Disney Fellow. Timothy C. May: former chief scientist at Intel--a major insider in the field of computers and technology. Marvin Minsky: Cofounder of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. Chip Morningstar and F. Randall Farmer: Codevelopers of habitat, the first real computer interactive environment. Mark Pesce: Cocreator of VRML and the author of the "Playful World: How Technology Transforms Our Imagination." Richard M. Stallman: Research affiliate with MIT; the founder of the Free Software Movement.
我第一次读真名实姓的时候离它创作已经过了很多年,这篇写于1981年的小说在当时是何等的新潮。如今来看,也依旧新潮,好莱坞大片一般的巫师会,画面感极强的场景描写,紧张刺激宏大的场面和精神描写…… 这所有的一切让它成为除了阿瑟·克拉克的一些作品外,对我影响最深的一篇...
评分《真名实姓》是那种被提醒了创作年代,读者才会“哇!”的小说。 设定上,和现实撞车;情节上,又一板一眼,看进度条就知道会发生什么。虽然结尾力度不如中间的高潮,但这并非作者有意引人寻味,而是他本就只写到中间,又接受建议,续了后文。因此,在《真名实姓》与《神经漫游...
评分回到到小说的本身,在原著发表的39年后阅读《真名实姓》,仍然会被作者描述的赛博空间和虚拟现实所震撼,在这一刻似乎《黑客帝国》就如同过家家一样。 小说中描述的大部分场景似乎已经实现,《玩家一号》可能是我们初步能达成的理想形态,然后才可能是《真名实姓》。不过《玩家...
评分一开始以为该书是一本科幻短篇的合集,其实除了最后登场的主角《真名实姓》,其他都是有关电脑网络和人工智能等话题的小论文。短小精悍的《阅读的权利》和重头戏《真名实姓》以外,其余几篇可读性并不很强,不过对这方面感兴趣的读者科普一下也是不错的。 于是我直奔主题首先拜...
080119 短中篇 cyberpunk
评分科幻令人震惊的力量。1981年写的今天,这不是小说这是预言
评分80年代的想象力,到今天依然不逊色
评分科幻令人震惊的力量。1981年写的今天,这不是小说这是预言
评分80年代的想象力,到今天依然不逊色
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